X-Dragon Era

The power of an attack depends on the quality of energy. However, sometimes a change in quantity can lead to a transformation in quality. When energy reaches a certain magnitude, its quality undergoes a shift. While it can never truly reach the King Stage, it can infinitely approach it!

The peak of the Diamond Stage is essentially the threshold of the King Stage. At the peak of the Diamond Stage, it is entirely possible to contend against an opponent at the initial King Stage. This is no myth, yet... to reach the peak of the Diamond Stage, who knows how many years of cultivation are required? It's almost an impossible feat.

In truth, there is no ultimate limit to the Diamond Stage. It's a realm that can be infinitely approached but never fully attained. Therefore... the peak of the Diamond Stage gets infinitely closer to the King Stage but can never cross into the King Stage!

Some may wonder, does that make the King Stage too weak? Actually, not at all... the difference between the initial King Stage and the peak of the King Stage is like that between a newborn infant and a world champion boxer. Against such disparity, could there even be any suspense in the outcome?

An ant—yes, that's right... even a master at the peak of the Diamond Stage is merely an ant in front of a King Stage master. As long as one attains the King Stage, they can continue to ascend; all that's needed is time. However, the peak of the Diamond Stage can only infinitely approach and never break through to the King Stage!

The only way to break through this boundary is with Pangu's Relics. If there's anything else that might work, it would likely be the twenty-four Sea-Calming Pearls. According to Xin Yun's speculation, these twenty-four Sea-Calming Pearls could very well be twenty-four Dragon Balls. When certain conditions are met, through specific methods, the energy within them can be released to forcibly breach this barrier!

Unfortunately, those twenty-four Sea-Calming Pearls have not yet surfaced. By the time they do, the Dragon Clan will already have fallen into decline. Forget about reaching Diamond Ten Stars—finding even a member of the Amethyst Stage may be impossible. Based on conjecture, the Yinglong that helped Emperor Huang defeat Chi You was likely only at the Crystal Stage. As for the so-called Dragon Kings of the Four Seas, they would be at most at the Gold Stage.

Therefore, if given a choice, Yi Luo Xiang would absolutely prefer to summon four Sword Dragons at the peak of the Diamond Stage. This would save her an immense amount of time, and the power they could unleash would be beyond what an ordinary person could imagine.

Taking a deep breath, in the next moment... Yi Luo Xiang summoned a Flash Butterfly. Lightly hugging Xin Yun, the Flash Butterfly immediately activated, transforming into a beam of white light and disappearing in an instant.

Watching Yi Luo Xiang depart, Xin Yun felt no concern whatsoever. In terms of combat capability, Yi Luo Xiang might not be the strongest. However, when it came to survival, Yi Luo Xiang was undoubtedly unrivaled in the world!

Teleportation, Dimensional Shuttle—these need not even be mentioned. The mere fact that Yi Luo Xiang could deploy the Two Instruments Dust Array at any time already placed her in an invincible position!

The Two Instruments Dust Array: a grain of sand, a world. Although Yi Luo Xiang hadn't yet mastered this realm, within the boundaries of the formation, space itself warped. Within a kilometer of Yi Luo Xiang, one meter of distance could be stretched to ten thousand meters!

This is the law of the Taichi Diagram. In the entire world, only Yi Luo Xiang and Xin Yun could wield it. For Xin Yun to use this ability, he would need to imbue one of the Opening Heaven Five Souls into a replica of the Taichi Diagram. Apart from these two, no one else could arrange the Two Instruments Dust Array.

The Two Instruments Dust Array didn't just stretch space—it also twisted it. If someone fired a bullet at Yi Luo Xiang within the array, even if the bullet could instantly cross the space stretched tenfold, it absolutely couldn't harm her. Because... in addition to stretching, the Two Instruments Dust Array also distorted space.

After the distortion, the space around Yi Luo Xiang turned into a chaotic vortex. An attack fired directly at her could, due to the warped space, emerge from the left side instead.

Thus, Xin Yun had no worries about Yi Luo Xiang. Unless someone could break the Two Instruments Dust Array, no one could harm her within the formation!

To call this invincible might be an exaggeration. Breaking the Two Instruments Dust Array wasn't impossible. With a wide-range, high-intensity assault, it was possible to forcibly expand and collapse the formation. However... now that the Sky-opening Axe had been repaired to the Seventh Layer, even a Diamond Ten Star assault could not destroy the array within a short time.

Of course, if the enemy numbers were too overwhelming, the Two Instruments Dust Array would still have its limits. Facing the full-force, wide-range, consecutive bombardment of ten Diamond Ten-Star Giant Dragons, the array wouldn't hold. Over time, it could eventually collapse. But... this would take hours at the very least. Without several hours of relentless assault, breaking it would almost be impossible.

However, this was Sword Dragon Valley, where Diamond Ten-Star Giant Dragons were numerous. Facing a hundred... even a thousand such adversaries simultaneously was not out of the question. In such cases, under the extreme intensity and overwhelming numbers of attacks, the Two Instruments Dust Array might last only a few minutes. Fortunately... Yi Luo Xiang still had the Taichi Diagram. Before the array collapsed, she could absolutely escape in time.

Bored and idle, Xin Yun withdrew the Xuan Yuan Water Control Flag and began refining it in silence. This was Xin Yun's strongest defensive treasure for the time being. With this treasure in hand, even if the whole world were to attack him, he could withstand it. Though deploying the flag consumed massive amounts of energy, with the Red Gourd, Xin Yun had no need to worry. Even if energy were exhausted, Xin Yun could still rely on the Taichi Diagram to escape before running dry.